"The Ballad of LSD" genre: Folk Rock
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	This song laments the passing of three small North Carolina towns in 1967. In that year the towns were consolidated into one town and renamed Eden.
	CD: This song will appear on John Marshall Carter's new CD   Label: This song was released regionally in 1985. Credits: John Marshall Carter wrote this song. On this recording, John Marshall Carter sings lead vocal and plays twelve-string guitar; Kenneth Carter plays keyboards and sings backing vocal harmonies; Ron Martin plays guitar and sings backing vocals; Mike Gallimore plays bass guitar; Mike Turner plays drums; Larry Hutcherson plays Hawaiian Steel Guitar;
	Story Behind the Song In 1967, the three little North Carolina towns of Leaksville, Spray, and Draper were consolidated into Eden, North Carolina. The heritage of those who had grown up there was destroyed in the name of progress. Obviously, they can't go home again if they were born in Leaksville, Spray, or Draper. Lyrics "The Ballad of Leaksville, Spray and Draper" Fifteen years ago, Leaksvill, Spray, and Draper died, All the townspeople looked at the ballots and they cried; They asked themselves "What've we done?" "Thrown away the heritage of the daughter and the son, And I can't believe that they did this to me I can't believe that they killed history, Doo doo doo, dut dut dut dut de doo Leaksville, Spray, and Draper The pages of the past are torn like paper Leaksville, Spray, and Draper Such an insensitve caper. Some where down the road, maybe 2003 An idea will emerge of such novelty Someone will suggest, let's start today Make a brave new world, call it Leaksville, Draper, Spray And I can't believe that they've done this to me I can't believe that they've killed history Doo doo doo, dut dut dut de doo Fifteen years ago Sixteen years ago Seventeen years ago Eighteen years ago....

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